Cream Puff

by Demaree Iles

  Charlie took another sip and swallowed. “I dunno,” he said. He paused, and then his smile became a huge, warm grin. “What do you think about opening a bakery?”

  He basked in her delighted laughter, no doubt heard by neighbors walking by as it carried on the easterly breeze.

  “I thought you’d never ask.ˮ

  Gulls circling high above echoed their approval as Charlie drew Isabelle close and inhaled her wild honeysuckle scent, knowing he would never tire of it. After all these years, his “someday” had finally come.

  This is how life is supposed to be, Charlie thought. And as far as he was concerned, life was good.

  A word about the author…

  A former police detective from the Deep South with a love for storytelling, Demaree has been living for the last ten years in South Dakota. This is his first novel.

  For more information, go to demareeiles.com.

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  this publication of The Wild Rose Press, Inc.